Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Christmas Cake

If you only bake one thing for Christmas, it should be a Proper Christmas Cake - unless you don't like fruitcake in which case you are let off, but hey, I say make one anyway and give it to someone who does... But I digress, I thought I would share the recipe that we use in this house. I wish I could say that it is an old family recipe but the truth is that it's one I found on the interweb about 10 years ago.

Even if the recipe isn't that old, Christmas Cake is definitely one of our family traditions, with everyone in the house getting a stir and a wish. There is also the element of delayed gratification, as a rich fruitcake like this is best made a couple of months before Christmas.

2 comments:

mmm that looks good. I haven't made mine yet - have been faffing about thinking about it but not actually doing it. You have inspired me to get my fruit soaking this weekend. I do mine in ginger wine....